Aquarium

California Academy of Sciences

Q: Where is California Academy of Sciences?

San Francisco, United States. California Academy of Sciences is an aquarium in San Francisco, United States, at 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118. Its coordinates are 37.770° N, 122.466° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Yosemite National Park, about 256 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at California Academy of Sciences?

287 species. Citizen-science photos record 287 species at California Academy of Sciences, including American Alligator, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, African Penguin, Madagascar Giant Day Gecko and Red-tailed Green Ratsnake. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of California Academy of Sciences in the wild?

American Alligator: Big Cypress National Preserve. Some of the animals photographed at California Academy of Sciences also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve), Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park) and African Penguin (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Table Mountain National Park).

Q: When did California Academy of Sciences open and how big is it?

Opened 1853, 1.6 ha. California Academy of Sciences, an aquarium in San Francisco, United States, opened in 1853 and covers about 1.6 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 287 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🏙️ In San Francisco

🐠 Aquarium, United States 287 spp. present

The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. The institution is located in Golden Gate Park on the West Side of San Francisco. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

37.770° N 122.466° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

287

species

Opened

1853

Size

Small

Visit

Getting there

Address: 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118

What visitors say

🐠 Animals in captivity

LC Endemic

Alligator mississippiensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Big Cypress National Preserve+ 3 more parks

Ara ararauna

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Emas National Park+ 12 more parks

Spheniscus demersus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Table Mountain National Park+ 2 more parks

Phelsuma grandis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Ankarafantsika National Park

Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Khao Sok National Park+ 9 more parks

Oophaga pumilio

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park+ 9 more parks

Dacnis cayana

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Serra dos Órgãos National Park+ 43 more parks

Taeniura lymma

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Ningaloo Marine Park+ 3 more parks

Before you go

Where is California Academy of Sciences?

San Francisco, United States

California Academy of Sciences is an aquarium in San Francisco, United States, at 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118. Its coordinates are 37.770° N, 122.466° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Yosemite National Park, about 256 km away.

What animals can you see at California Academy of Sciences?

287 species

Citizen-science photos record 287 species at California Academy of Sciences, including American Alligator, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, African Penguin, Madagascar Giant Day Gecko and Red-tailed Green Ratsnake. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of California Academy of Sciences in the wild?

American Alligator: Big Cypress National Preserve

Some of the animals photographed at California Academy of Sciences also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve), Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park) and African Penguin (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Table Mountain National Park).

When did California Academy of Sciences open and how big is it?

Opened 1853, 1.6 ha

California Academy of Sciences, an aquarium in San Francisco, United States, opened in 1853 and covers about 1.6 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 287 species are photographed there.